Photo blog - William Au Photography http://blog.williamau.com Recent photos and sneak peaks into the work of William Au, Winnipeg wedding and portrait photographer Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:33:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Working behind the scenes http://blog.williamau.com/working-behind-the-scenes/ http://blog.williamau.com/working-behind-the-scenes/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:33:55 +0000 William http://blog.williamau.com/?p=1585 For anybody who’s lurking out there, I know it’s been pretty quiet on here lately, but that’s because I’ve been working on a long-awaited refresh of my website and online portfolio.  Hoping to have a bit of a new look and some new content up soon!

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]]> http://blog.williamau.com/merry-christmas-2/feed/ 1 Three Sisters – Analeigh & Sidoney & Charlotte http://blog.williamau.com/three-sisters-analeigh-sidoney-charlotte/ http://blog.williamau.com/three-sisters-analeigh-sidoney-charlotte/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:43:11 +0000 William http://blog.williamau.com/?p=1577 There are some constants in life – Tim & Tara make baby girls; the girls are always cute little munchkins and so fashionably dressed (when they’re not busy taking off their clothes that is); and I take their pictures when they turn 6 months old. So we met at Fraser’s Grove, turned the older two girls loose, and off I went snapping. I think this session really captured the feel of the girls at the playground – something about the swings worked well that day. Little Charlotte was comfortably napping (her seemingly preferred state), but she woke up in time to get in some shots.  Some faves from the session:

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]]> http://blog.williamau.com/family-the-kellys/feed/ 0 THREE: Alex http://blog.williamau.com/three-alex/ http://blog.williamau.com/three-alex/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 18:14:00 +0000 William http://blog.williamau.com/?p=1569 Ariane, Ryan, and Alex are another great family I’ve had the pleasure of working with over the years. Whether it’s for their wedding or for Alex’s birthday, we always seem to end up at the Forks.  This time, however, we followed little Alex into the Children’s Museum where he celebrated his 3rd birthday in style with all his little buddies. It was a blast chasing the little ones around as they ate pizza, pig cupcakes, and tore around all the cool new exhibits (it must have been over 5 years since I’d last been there with my own kids).

For a little person his age, Alex always impresses me with his level of maturity.  And with his awesomely shaggy hair.  And how much he looks like a mini version of Ryan.  And this time with his awesome Bruce Lee sunglasses.  A few of my faves from the session:

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It’s almost like a time-lapse video every time I photograph Mya and Aidan – it’s crazy how fast they’re growing up. I thought it would get easier over time to keep up with them, but it sure feels like they keep getting faster while I just keep getting slower. Thank you again Candice and Sanjay – hopefully I can keep photographing your kids whenever I drop into Winnipeg (if you’ll still have me that is!). Just a handful from a really great session:

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